Jason Toop Cooper (born 31 January 1967 in London, England) is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure.
Jason first joined the The Cure in 1995 as their drummer, following the 1993 departure of Boris Williams. So far, he has helped record the studio albums Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure and 4:13 Dream. He also appeared in Trilogy and Festival 2005.
Some of his best drumming can be heard in the songs "39", "Bloodflowers...
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Jason Toop Cooper (born 31 January 1967 in London, England) is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure.
Jason first joined the The Cure in 1995 as their drummer, following the 1993 departure of Boris Williams. So far, he has helped record the studio albums Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers, The Cure and 4:13 Dream. He also appeared in Trilogy and Festival 2005.
Some of his best drumming can be heard in the songs "39", "Bloodflowers", and "Spilt Milk", the omitted track off Bloodflowers, in addition to his performance of Pornography on the Trilogy DVD.
On 15 May 2004, Jason married his long-time girlfriend Allison.
Jason studied drums at London's Drumtech where he is now a patron and visiting artist.
He also composes music for film, most notably co-creating the score for the upcoming horror/thriller From Within, for which he and co-composer Oliver Kraus won the award for Best Original Score at the 2008 Solstice Film Festival.
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